Welcome to our "new blog." We have officially moved to Maryland and having more than one bathroom is truly as wonderful as we all imagined. We are also eager to get going on our list of "must sees" while we are living so close to our nations capital. Seth is working at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda for 3-5 years so we have time to do it all. We love staying connected with family and friends through blogging so thanks for stopping by!



Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Butler’s Farm Spectacular!! (10-8-11)

We have lot of wet weather and it seems to always fall on the weekends. This past weekend we were blessed with the most beautiful fall day in the high 70’s!! To make the most of it we went to Butler’s Farm where they host a bunch of fall activities for families. Even though every other person in Montgomery County had the exact same idea, we still had a wonderful time!!

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These were taken from the hay ride out to the “pumpkin patch. I’m still not used to Charlie’s toothless grin.

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They had plenty of activities for the kids!

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Will someone explain the difference between picking up a pumpkin that is placed in a “patch” versus  going to Safeway and picking it out of a pile?

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The big boys went on the huge plastic burlap sack slides they had set up. Of course they all opted to stand in the long line for the fastest slide! Lucy and I happily watched from the side.

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I purchased ice-cream cones for Seth and I while the boys where playing in the hay barn. Lucy ate almost all of Seth’s cone, I have never seen a child devour ice cream like that before! Like mother, like daughterSmile

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The barn-of-hay! This was a pretty basic activity but by far the most entertaining, I think they were in there for over an hour. I wonder if we could fill our spare room with hay?

Matthew starts preschool- FINALLY!!

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Matthew started Preschool at Magruder High School on October 3rd. It starts later because there are twenty high school students who help out and they needed to be trained. Ten of the students are in a separate room doing “prep” work and the rest are with the preschool class. There are only TEN kids in the class so they all get lots of attention. There is also Mrs. Boyle who is the official preschool teacher and keeps everything going.  Not surprisingly, Matthew loves it all. Instead of being left behind in the morning when Charlie goes off to school, he gets to get ready and we all leave together to drop them both off. I really love the drive because the majority of the 7 minutes is on a two line highway away from the city and next to a lake. We also just found out  today that Matthew’s good friend Clara from church is joining so now we will have a CARPOOL!!  I’m so grateful a friend gave me the tip about the high school preschool. Some of the preschool tuitions around here were more than what my first semester of college cost!!!

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